day, you press Submit Report and the system will send a CSV file to an email of your
choosing. This file can be integrated into other snow tracking systems if you contact
your provider and ask them to allow the CSV file to sync with their system.
Once you are punched into your job you are ready to go to the Spray tab at the bottom.
Here you have the ability to turn on the lights and strobes on the unit. Next to that is
Operation Mode which lets you toggle between Auto and Manual modes. GPS rate
control is only active on Auto mode, manual mode is a gallons per minute based flow
rate that is not gps/speed dependent.
When in Auto mode, you will be able to change the App Rate, which always defaults to
80 GPA (Gallons Per Acre.) The plus and minus buttons will adjust the GPA by 5 up or
down for each press. When in manual mode, these buttons move the Proportional
Valve, open and close. By holding open or close, you will be allowing more or less
liquid GPM to flow through and be applied out of the selected boom sections.
The three buttons below that are Hose Tracking (with hose reel upgrade,) Ice Buster,
and Boom Lock. Hose Tracking is selected when using the hose reel and will track the
gallons applied through the hose. The Ice Buster button is used when you are spraying
a steady rate but have a section of snowpack, ice or a high priority area that needs a
higher application rate for a short stretch. By pressing this button, your boom sections
will put out a predetermined rate that will be higher than your standard application rates.
This predetermined rate can be changed in the settings menu. The Boom Lock button
will lock out the boom sections so you aren’t able to accidentally turn them on when you
are driving down the road or doing other things on your phone/tablet.
At the bottom of the screen you will find your Boom Section Control buttons. These
control your left, center, and right nozzles. (Only center nozzles if you don’t have the
Three Lane Boom upgrade.)
App Settings
Most of the app settings should be left alone unless you’ve consulted with a VSI
employee first. The tank size is pre-programed to the size of the sprayer, except on
Automated Power Bundles as we do not know which tank size you plan to connect. The
Tank Level will need to be reset every time your sprayer is filled up. Brine blend can be
set to whatever blend the sprayer is running in order to track this information on your job
reports for job costing/margin tracking. The Boom Widths, Minimum Flow, Servo
Speed, and Flowmeter Cal settings should be left alone unless otherwise noted.
This is where you can adjust your Ice Buster setting as previously mentioned. If for
